Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Some may describe this as the Government literally putting its hands in peoples' pockets. It is an attack on those who have difficulty in surviving in this society.

Interestingly, the last two Members spoke about small businesses and employers. This legislation is an attack on them. Employers, like landlords, are to become the State’s debt collectors. The legislation empowers the courts to make an order directing an employer to deduct certain specified amounts from a debtor's earnings and to pay the sums deducted in a manner specified to the creditor. For example, an employer with seven or eight employees, two of whom have not been able to pay their water charges-----

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